Hair-drying machine



(No Model.)

J. N POWELL. HAIR DRYING MAGHINE.

No. 494,889 Patented Apr. 4, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

J OSEPlI N. POWELL, OF ELMVVOOD, ILLINOIS.

HAlR-DRYlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,889, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed December 29,1891- Serial No 416,456. (N0 model-l Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. POWELL, of Elmwood, in the county ofPeoria and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedHair-Drying Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for drying the humanhair, and the object of my invention is to produce a simple apparatus ormachine by means of which womens hair, after having been shampooed, maybe quickly and nicely dried without resort to the usual tedious methods.

A further object of my invention is to produce a machine by means ofwhich artificial heat may be forced through the hair without injury tothe. same, and with perfect safety to the person.

To this end, my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa vertical section of the machine, on the line 11 in Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, andFig. 3 is a plan view of the machine.

The machine is provided with a hollow case 10, which is preferably madeof sheet metal, and which has a prolongation 10 at one end. The case isdivided by a partition ll, which is curved downward and upward where itenters the prolongation 10, so as to provide for the movement of thefan, into two chambers 13 and 14, arranged one beneath the other, thelower chamber 13 being adapted to contain the heating lamp, and theupper chamber serving as a fine through which the warm air passes. Inthe curved portion 12,beneath the fan, is an opening 15,through whichwarm air passes from the lower to the upper chamber, and above thisopening is a curved deflector 16, which is fixed to the Wall of thecase, and which causes the air to pass forward into the path of the fanwings. The

upper portion of the prolongation 10 of the case is formed into a cover17, which is hinged to the main portion of the case, as shown at 18, andwhich provides for the insertion and removal of the fan 19, which fan ismounted transverselyin the case above the curved portion 12 of thepartition 11,and the fan has the usual wings 20, which connect by meansof supporting arms 21 with a shaft 22, the shaft extending transverselythrough the case, and turning in bearings 23. One end of the shaftprojects through one wall of the case and terminates in a grooved pulley24, which is driven by means of a belt or cord 25, passing over a largepulley 26, which is turned by a crank 27, and is pivoted on one side ofthe case 10. The pulley 26 is made very much larger than the pulley 24,so that the fan may be driven very rapidly. The main portion of the case10 has an inclined top 28, which is covered with screening 29, orotherwise perforated. The case has a door 30 opening into the lowerchamber 13, and this door provides for the admission of air and theinsertion and removal of an alcohol lamp 30, by means of which the hotair is produced, and when the lamp is burning, the air will be heated inthe chamber 13, and will pass through the opening 15 to the upperchamber 14-, and the rotation of the fan will force the air up throughthe perforated top of the case. This case is adapted to be arrangedimmediately behind the chair in which the person sits, and the moisthair of the person is spread out over the perforated top 28, so as toreceive the full benefit of the rising hot air.

To provide for adjusting the case to suit the height of the person, itis mounted on an adjustable tripod 31, which has a fiat top 32 adaptedto support the case, and the top has a depending stern 33,With ratchetteeth 34 on one side, the top and stem being thoroughly braced by braces35. This stem projects downward into a vertical pipe 36 mounted on legs37, and near the upper end of the pipe is secured a fiatspring 38,havingaknob 39 at its free end, which serves as a handle, and having onits inner side a pawl 40, which projects through a hole in the pipe andengages the teeth 3i, thus enabling the stem 33, and consequently thecase 10, to be held at any desired height.

In practice, the alcohol lamp is lighted and placed in the heatingchamber. 13: the hair to be dried is spread over the perforated top ofthe case, and the operator rapidly rotates the wheel 26, thus drivingthe fan 19, and

forcing a current of warm air through the hair, which will be quicklydried by the operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- 1. A hair drying machine, comprising a casing havinga prolongation at one end and having a lower chamber for containing alamp and an upper chamber communicating With the lower chamber andhaving a portion of its top inclined and perforated, and a fan mountedin one end of the upper chamber and serving to draw the heated air fromthe lower chamber into the upper chamber and force it out of the samethrough the perforated top, substantially as described.

2. A hair drying machine, comprising a casing divided into an upper andlower chamber communicating with each other, the lower chamber beingadapted to receive a lamp, and the upper chamber having a portion of itstop inclined and perforated, a fan mounted in the prolongation of theupper chamber, and an adjustable support for the casing, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

3. A hair drying machine, comprising a casing having a prolongation atone end and provided with a partition curved downward and upward andapertured where it enters the prolongation and dividing the casing intoa lower heating chamber and an upper chamber said upper chamber having aportion of its top inclined and perforated, a fan in the end of theupper chamber in the prolongation of the casing a deflector over theaperture of the partition, and an adjustable support for the casing,substantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH N. POWELL. Witnesses:

W. A. CLINcH, J. H. SPRING.

